Sotheby's - London Evening Sale of Contemporary Art Triples Previ ous Record Total for an OctoberTonight Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale became the highest value October Contemporary Art sale ever held in Europe, when it realised £34,865,300 ($70,692,882)

News-Antique.com - Oct 13,2007 - Tonight Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale became the highest value October Contemporary Art sale ever held in Europe, when it realised £34,865,300 ($70,692,882) - more than tripling the previous record total for an evening sale at Sotheby's in this season (£9.9/$18.7 million achieved in 2006).

Yue Minjun's Execution became the most expensive work of Chinese Contemporary Art at auction when it sold for £2.9 million this evening (£700,000 more than the previous record established at Sotheby's London in June), and The Garden of Earthly Delights III by Raqib Shaw set a new world record for any Indian work of art at auction, selling for £2.7 million. A further six artist’s records were established as well as two records for works by medium.

Nine works sold for over £1 million and 18 for over $1 million (4 for over $5 million).